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There are so many inspiring stories of how incredibly positive running can be, and I feel really blessed to be part of such a special community. I hope that I do my little bit in encouraging and supporting others to get out there and do something amazing for them. But after a tough few weeks… Read More Over-Training and Fatigue in Marathon Training

Britain’s longest National Trail, the South West Coast Path accompanies every beach in the South West of England, stretching 630 miles of beautiful coastline from Poole all the way to Exmoor. With imposing cliffs, incredible sea-views, an abundance of wildlife and 436 stiles to hop there is plenty of exploring to be had for the… Read More Running The South West Coast Path

The couples tandem or ‘Love Machine’: an idyllic combination of active and romantic, combined with a hearty splash of novelty value. It’s always been on my bucket list, so when faced with the options at the Padstow Cycle Hire it was the obvious choice of holiday adventure. During my tandem-revision I came across this article 10… Read More It Takes Two To Tandem: a complete guide to the couples tandem

Having now completed two exploratory runs in the Peak District (you can read about these here), I decided it was time to enter my first official fell race. The Black Rock’s race, organised by Matlock AC, was recommended to me on Twitter so I contacted the organisers to advise them of my terrible sense of… Read More My First Fell Race: The Black Rocks

Local athletics club Holme Pierrepont Running Club hold a summer Grand Prix series each year, consisting of four races over a fortnight, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of which you can enter all four or any of your choice. We’ve had particularly hot weather recently, and on top of working long hours I have been… Read More HPRC Grand Prix

Last week I did something a bit mental. Having never run off-road before I entered for a 16 mile fell race. In the half-hour following this moment of madness, my google search history looked something like this: “what is a fell” (mountain with grass on), and after opening up the directions of the route which… Read More My First Fell Run

As children we love to run, play, skip and fall; we don’t care if we look silly, we aren’t exercising to lose weight or reduce our risk of heart disease. There’s no ‘sporty’ or ‘not sporty’, it’s just fun to move your body. But something is going wrong: at some point using your body stops… Read More This Girl Can: Empowering Women in Sport